(16 Oct 2024)
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Kharkiv region – 16 October 2024
1. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen from the Khartia Brigade of Ukrainian National Guard firing D-30 Howitzer towards Russian positions
2. Various of Ukrainian serviceman looking through sight and aiming Howitzer at target
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Kaban" (nom de guerre), Khartia Brigade serviceman:
"You should never lose motivation because you should always believe. And we know that we will win. This isn’t optional. The only question is when it will be. The motivation is to return to the way life was before when brothers and sisters did not die, when children did not die, when people did not even suspect that these beautiful horns on poles (air raid sirens) were hanging there for something really necessary."
4. Mid of servicemen loading Howitzer with shell
5. Wide of servicemen firing towards Russian positions
6. Mid of servicemen standing near Howitzer
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Kaban" (nom de guerre), Khartia Brigade serviceman:
"Of course we believe, of course, we support it (the victory plan). We need shells, we need Western weapons, we need Western funds to wage this war. Because if we do not end this war here, Europe will suffer in its territories, and it will be in five, seven, or ten years. Our closest neighbors are Poland and others. If Ukraine falls, in 24 hours, they will receive a corresponding blow."
8. Close of soldier cleaning shells
9. Mid of servicemen hiding muzzle of Howitzer
10. Various of Ukrainian servicemen of Khartia Brigade looking at screens at command point
11. Close of screen
12. Various of Chief of Staff of Khartia Brigade "Pharaoh" (nom de guerre) looking at laptop
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Pharaoh" (nom de guerre), Chief of Staff of Khartia brigade:
"Yes, it (to make the victory plan work) will be difficult. First of all, we have an inadequate opponent with whom it is difficult to negotiate but we hope for the support of our partners, for some international pressure on our opponent, and we should not give up, we should try."
14. Close of Khartia brigade sign
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian forces on Wednesday reacted to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s five-point plan aimed at prompting Russia to end the war through negotiations.
Major points of the plan, which Zelenskky partially revealed to lawmakers on Wednesday, include an invitation for Ukraine to join NATO and permission to use Western-supplied longer-range missiles to strike military targets deep inside Russian territory — steps that have been met with reluctance by Kyiv’s allies so far.
Soldiers from the Khartia brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard were on Wednesday firing a D-30 Howitzer towards Russian positions in the Kharkiv region where they have managed to stall a Russian advance since May.
They said the situation remained tense there although Ukrainian troops, including the Khartia Brigade, claim to have recaptured 400 hectares of forest and destroyed a Russian regiment.
Between deafening blasts from the heavy artillery, some reacted positively to Zelenskyy’s "victory plan."
"Of course we believe, of course, we support it (the victory plan) that we need shells, we need Western weapons, we need Western funds to wage this war," said "Kaban", who did not give his real name for security reasons.
The brigade’s Chief of Staff "Pharoah" sounded a more cautious note.
"It will be difficult," he said.
"We hope for the support of our partners, for some international pressure on our opponent, and we should not give up, we should try," he added.
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